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today is a google holiday, hooray!

     Today’s Google Holiday: 2010 FIFA World Cup. As you no doubt have noticed, there’s been a pretty popular soccer tournament going on for the past few weeks. Today was the final, which I faithfully watched (read: pretended to watch … Continue reading

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attention readership: it’s free slurpee day!

Huzzah! Time to head over to the nearest 7-Eleven and get your free Slurpee– perhaps it will help you fight the heat. And if you live in DC with only one AC unit in your apartment, like yours truly, you … Continue reading

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lohan claims a human rights violation.

Oh, LiLo. A few people have passed this my way already this morning. Lindsay is now saying the “f*** u” written on her fingernail was a just a joke, and it had nothing to do with her court appearance. It … Continue reading

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just six words and a picture.

I feel irked by the fact that I am contributing to the clogging of the interwebs with more LiLo news, but alas, she’s just asking for it. LiLo’s parting words, before jail time. or Read her lips, or rather, fingernail. … Continue reading

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edith shain, the kissing nurse, dies.

Edith Shain, now famous for being the subject of “one of the most memorable photographs from World War Two,” died on Sunday at 91. You know the photo, right?: Now I’ve seen this photo about a million times — and … Continue reading

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today is a google holiday, hooray!

Today’s Google Holiday: First Day of Summer! Heck yes! (Although based on the amount that I was sweating yesterday while indoors, it’s been summer here in The Swamp for a while now.) What I was Googling: soldiers’ angels. My roommate recently signed … Continue reading

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joe barton would like to apologize…

I love it when people come up with these things. http://joebartonwouldliketoapologize.com/ Here is one of my favorites: Joe Barton Would Like to Apologize to BP, for soaking up all your valuable oil with our worthless pelicans. Thank you GO(B)P, for … Continue reading

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today is a google holiday, hooray!

Today’s Google Holiday: Happy 100th Birthday Jacques Cousteau! Now, does it count as a birthday if the person is dead? I’m not sure I can support the phrasing of this holiday. They should have titled it, “It Would Have Been … Continue reading

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youtube clip of today: bp spill.

Brilliant! That is all I can say about that. In other BP related items, the geniuses over at AutoTune the News made a new video with Barack’s ass-kicking comment. [Posted by Kathleen]

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